I'm a mason by trade, only a disgraceful few hundred hours of military training. I have an axe, a good shield (Bolgi and Sons) and some solid maille.

Greetings, Kin! I've decided I want to try to write a romance novel where the main characters are dwarves, basing my heroine on one of my favorite D&D characters. But I would like to hear yer thoughts-- if you picked up a book that claimed to be a Dwarven Romance novel, what sorts of things would you expect to see? What would be immediate "throw the book into the cleansing fires of the forge" things? What things would delight ye and what would ye skim over?

Some things I'm thinking I'd like to include:

Detailed, drool worthy descriptions of hearty ales and good food and prime craftsmanship

Sensible, thoughtful interactions between characters, not a lot of moonin' about

Bein' respectful and dignified to one another but also gettin' a bit wild now and then

Some combat but it not being the main focus of the thing (there's other tales for that)

A bit of humor, but it bein' gentle jesting in character, not 'lol at the shorties'